Joel's Journeys & Jaunts

This afternoon, as I get ready to end this brief stay in Gangneung, I visited Gyeongpo Beach and Gyeongpo Park, and walked around Gyeongpo Lake...

My guidebooks don’t offer a lot of sightseeing suggestions in Gangneung, but one that gets a comparatively lengthy (“comparatively” = not particularly lengthy) presentation in...

After more than three weeks in South Korea, I find myself in Gangneung. Thank goodness. I was wondering where I’d gotten to. I’m glad I...

Still in Andong, South Korea, the top attraction I saw this afternoon was the Jebiwon Buddha. It was an amazing sight. I then took in...

Still in Andong, Korea, I started this morning by visiting Andong Gu Market. I didn’t choose it because it’s a top-rated site. It’s not. Neither...

The Hahoe World Mask Museum is at the main entrance to the Andong Hahoe Folk Village that I visited this morning. I spent all morning...

There are major differences between the Andong Hahoe Folk Village, which I visited today and the Andong Folk Village, which I visited yesterday on my...

And now, another city in my Southern Korean adventure, Andong. Getting from Busan, my previous destination, to Andong required a more than two-hour train trip,...

This afternoon in Busan, Korea, I visited the National Maritime Museum of Korea, which is beside the sea on the same island that contains Taejongdae...

My guidebook recommended that, while in Busan, Korea, I take a walk along Busan’s rugged Taejongdae Coast. I did that. It was all I did...